Race licensing made easy!
Apply for your race licence here
The new online race licence application is designed to make the entire process as simple as possible. Simply follow the steps to licence your race and to have it listed in the runbritain.com race calendar also.
Information on receiving a UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence:
Applying for and receiving a UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence demonstrates your agreement to implement national governing body licence standards of organisation, health and safety procedures and other specific criteria and to hold the event under UKA rules.
This is to ensure the wellbeing of, not only participants, but also race officials, the general public and other road users.
These licence standards are aligned with recent government guidance for safety in events on the public highway that will influence local authority and other agencies in supporting running events.
UKA has consulted widely in developing these guidelines.
UKA public liability insurance is only available to affiliated organisations, clubs and licensed events. This UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence demonstrates to the insurers that you are promoting your event to the required standards and in accordance with UKA rules.
This UKA policy for the sport offers up to £50m of insurance cover and which has a claims history going back more than 10 years.
UKA and the national association governing bodies pay a significant premium on behalf of the sport. It is reckoned to be one of the longest standing, proven and comprehensive policies currently available in an individual sport covering organisers, competitors, coaches and clubs at all levels.
The UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence will enable you to brand your race as an officially licensed UKA event.
The licence fee payable will be based on the actual numbers of entrants rather than pre-event estimates.
All UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence applications require an initial flat rate deposit fee of £25.00 on application (or £10 in the case of races with under 50 competitors), with the balance payable on return of a Race Return Form or an equivalent online submission.
The following events will be able to obtain a race licence free of charge:
- National, Territorial, Regional and County championship events that are restricted to affiliated club teams of registered members.
- Other closed events that restrict entries to registered members of clubs affiliated to one of the home country governing bodies.
A closed event must incorporate a team competition for affiliated clubs.
Our model has been developed on the assumption that smaller races have a higher proportion of club runners than larger races; our records show that the percentage of club runners averages out at 75% for the smallest races, and falls to below 20% for the largest races.
The fee per runner therefore increases as the total number of participants increases, up to a maximum of about 50p per runner for races of 800 participants, Above 800 participants, the per runner rate drops off gradually, flattening out at 5,000 participants where the rate is averaged at 40p per runner.
RunBritain – Pricing Matrix for UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence
Band range Fee per race
| Number of Entries | Fees per race |
|---|---|
| 0-50 | £ 10 |
| 51-100 | £ 25 |
| 101-150 | £ 34 |
| 151-200 | £ 50 |
| 201-300 | £ 75 |
| 301-400 | £ 120 |
| 401-500 | £ 155 |
| 501-600 | £ 220 |
| 601-700 | £ 260 |
| 701-800 | £ 320 |
| 801-900 | £ 370 |
| 901-1000 | £ 420 |
| 1001-2000 | £ 700 |
| 2001-3000 | £ 1,115 |
| 3001-4000 | £ 1,500 |
| 4001-5000 | £ 1,840 |
| 5001-10000 | £ 3,000 |
| 10001-15000 | £ 5,000 |
| 15001-20000 | £ 7,000 |
| 20001-25000 | £ 9,000 |
| 25001-30000 | £ 11,000 |
| 30001-35000 | £ 13,000 |
| 35001-40000 | £ 15,000 |
Benefits of receiving a UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence:
- Up to £50m worth of public liability insurance cover for affiliated organisations, that has a claims history going back almost two decades
- Inclusion in runbritain online calendar – currently listing more than 3,300 races each year
- Access to use runbritain’s popular at-cost online entry system
- Editorial support for your race on the runbritain website, where there are currently 50,000 visits per month. This can include news items, race preview, race report, written and i-padio interviews to promote your event and your race video on runbritain TV
- Access to the password-protected race directors portal section of the website with advice on best practice, updates and new developments in race organisation
- Access to runbritain Race Director Courses at accredited, intermediate and advanced level
- Access to planned database of qualified road race referees
- Profiling of your race in the runbritain newsletters and facebook page
- Inclusion of results in runbritain handicap scoring updates and Power of 10 website
Obligations of receiving a UKA Road Running or Multi-Terrain Race Licence:
To offer a minimum £2 discount to all National Governing Body Competition Licence holders including the runbritain.com virtual club members.
To promote the runbritain.com website on your event website and/or race literature using one of the supplied buttons.
